Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garden Shelter in Bodelwyddan Castle Garden
Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bodelwyddan Castle, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, designated on 6 December 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 6 December 2002
- Locality
- Bodelwyddan Castle
- Community
- Bodelwyddan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.26014, -3.50348
- Cadw reference
- 80747
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 35 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
About 150m SW of Bodelwyddan Castle, to the N of the Walled Garden and to the W of the Maze. The site is enclosed on its W side by a low limestone rubble wall.
History
Probably contemporary with the children''s play house, c1850; it may have been intended to shelter the children''s nurserymaid while the children were playing at the play house.
Exterior
A simple sub-octagonal brick building with an arch to the front, the front and the interior rendered and painted white. Slate roof with mortared hips. Benches inside.
Reason for designation
A simple shelter associated with the children''s play house, all within a small walled garden.
Nearby in the register
- Play House in Bodelwyddan Castle GardenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Obelisk in Bodelwyddan Castle GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Wall of Bodelwyddan Castle Garden with Bothy at W and Gateway at ENo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Bodelwyddan CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.